Using command history with the Bourne Again SHell

http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/shell_bash_hist.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)

To display the command history list enter the command:

   history

This displays a list of commands numbered in the order in which you have used them. By default only the previous command is aved in the command history list.

Changing the size of the history command
Saving command history between logins
Re-running a command from the history list
Previewing a command from the history list
Editing a previous command line